Gender Empowerment Measure

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The Gender Empowerment Measure was a United Nations development index that assessed women’s participation and power in political and economic life before being superseded by the Gender Inequality Index.

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instanceOf United Nations index
composite index
development index
gender-related index
abbreviation GEM NERFINISHED
aimedTo capture inequality in opportunities between men and women
appliesTo both developed and developing countries
component gender disparity in estimated earned income
women’s share of parliamentary seats
women’s share of positions as legislators, senior officials and managers
women’s share of professional and technical positions
conceptualBasis empowerment and agency of women
criticizedFor data limitations across countries
focus on elite women in high-level positions
limited coverage of dimensions of gender inequality
developedBy United Nations Development Programme NERFINISHED
domain gender and development
human development
focusesOn capabilities of women to take part in economic and political decision-making
hasMethodologyType composite indicator based on normalized variables
hasScope country-level assessment
introducedInPublication Human Development Report 1995 NERFINISHED
introducedInYear 1995
measures gender empowerment
gender inequality in power and decision-making
women’s participation in economic life
women’s participation in political life
noLongerUsedIn Human Development Reports after 2009
partOf human development indicators
publishedBy United Nations Development Programme NERFINISHED
relatedTo Gender Inequality Index NERFINISHED
Gender-related Development Index NERFINISHED
replacedBy Gender Inequality Index NERFINISHED
replacedInYear 2010
status discontinued index
supersededBy Gender Inequality Index NERFINISHED
usedFor international comparison of gender empowerment
policy analysis on gender equality
usedIn Human Development Reports NERFINISHED
usesIndicator female and male estimated earned income
share of female legislators, senior officials and managers
share of female professional and technical workers
share of parliamentary seats held by women

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Gender Inequality Index replaced Gender Empowerment Measure